Travel Information for Skylark Meadow

New Home, New Start, New Ways to Travel Travel Information for Skylark Meadow

Swindon

Travel

Choices Contents

Introduction ...... 1

About this travel information pack ...... 2

Walking ...... 3

Cycling ...... 4

Services and facilities plan ...... 6

Swindon cycle map ...... 8

Bus ...... 10

Bus routes in Swindon plan ...... 12

Taxi ...... 14

Car sharing ...... 15

Electric vehicles ...... 16

Shopping ...... 17

Local contacts ...... 18 Introduction

This Travel Information Pack contains useful information about your travel options in and around Blunsdon.

Getting involved with your Travel Plan has plenty of positive benefits for you including:

4 Improving your fitness, health and wellbeing

4 Reducing your travel costs

4 Reducing your travel times

4 Improving your accessibility to local services

4 Making the community safer

4 Improving your travel choices

4 Creating a cleaner, more vibrant local community

1 About this Walking travel information pack One of the easiest and cheapest ways to travel is to walk, particularly if your destination is within 2-kilometres of the your new home. Walking is also a versatile mode of travel – there’s no waiting around, no congestion and it’s free! Newland Homes is committed to promoting sustainable transport for the residents of

Skylark Meadow. Research shows that walking 10,000 steps a day will significantly improve your health.

Putting one foot in front of the other can build stamina, burn excess calories and give Situated to the north of Swindon, on the edge of glorious open Cotswolds countryside, you a healthier heart. Blunsdon is a delightful place to set up home and raise a family. Here you’ll get to enjoy all the superb facilities of Swindon, without living in the town itself, giving you the best Newland Homes has provided good quality, direct and well-lit footways throughout the of both worlds. development. These routes connect to existing paths which provide access to the local area.

This guide provides further information on the different ways that you can travel in the Blunsdon has a range of services, facilities and amenities in the village within walking area for your daily trips as well as those journeys you undertake less frequently. distance, such as the community shop, a gym, restaurant, GP surgery and Heart in Hand

pub. There are also a primary school, Blunsdon Hill Baptist and Blunsdon Methodist A primary aim of the development is to encourage the use of more sustainable forms churches. Additionally the Cold Harbour pub is located on the edge of the village. of transport such as walking, cycling, public transport or car sharing.

Please take a few moments to read this Travel Information Pack and consider how you Useful websites can choose to make more sustainable travel choices. · www.swindontravelchoices.co.uk/walk · www.walkingforhealth.org.uk/walkfinder/step-out-swindon · www.wiltsswindonramblers.org.uk

Useful walking apps

· MapmyWalk · One You Active 10 Walk Tracker · Pedometer · OS Maps

2 3 Swindon Cycles Superstore Cycling 60a, Beechcroft Rd, Upper Stratton, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 7QD www.swindoncycles.co.uk Cycling is fast, convenient, healthy and cost-effective, and is a realistic way to travel from your new home, especially if your destination lies within 5-kilometres – a 20 minute pedal. 01793 700105

All of the services, facilities and amenities within Blunsdon are available within a 10 minute Recycles (refurbished bikes) cycle ride from the site. Swindon town centre is within a 30 minute cycle ride from Skylark 1 Spring Close, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 2BF Meadow which provides a wider range of services, facilities and amenities including a number of employment opportunities. www.recycles-swindon.co.uk

01793 401834 Benefits of Cycling Hargroves Cycles 4 Improving wellbeing by relieving stress, improving fitness and burning calories Unit 9, Penzance Drive, Churchward Park, SN5 7RX 4 Helps prevent chronic and life threatening illnesses www.hargrovescycles.co.uk 4 Maintaining a bike for a year costs twenty times less than maintaining and driving a car 01793 528208 4 Reducing congestion and pollution on our roads Useful cycling apps Useful websites · Strava · www.swindontravelchoices.co.uk/cycle · MapmyRide · www.swindoncyclecampaign.org · CycleStreets journey planner

Bike shops in Swindon

E-motion (electric bikes) 373, Cricklade Road, SN2 1AQ http://e-motionevc.co.uk 01793 251200

Mitchell Cycles 27, Shrivenham Rd, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 2QA www.mitchellcycles.co.uk 01793 523306

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You can access bus stops within a short walk (around 3-minutes) of your new home, on Ermin Street (Hillside Top). From here bus number 16 provides a service to Swindon Town Centre via the Orbital Shopping Park every 2 hours and service 24 calls twice a day with a faster connection to Swindon town centre via Gorse Hill.

There is also a Stagecoach Service to Highworth’s Warneford School once daily.

As a guide we have provided a summary below of the available bus services and their typical frequencies.

Service Route Frequency Operator 16 Blunsdon Village › Ermin Street › Every 2 hours* Swindon's Bus St Andrews Ridge › Abbey Meads › Company Orbital › Wood Hall › Akers Way › Swindon College › Swindon Bus Station

24 Blunsdon Village › Ermin Street › 2 services daily, Swindon's Bus Stratton Crossroads › Gorse Hill › Monday to Company Swindon Bus Station › Fleming Way Saturday

807 Blunsdon Village › Ermin Street › 1 trip each way, Stagecoach B4019 › Highworth Warneford School Monday to Friday, West term time only

* Service 16 provides a more frequent 30 minute service to and from Wallis Drive in St Andrews Ridge, which is a 20 minute walk from Skylark Meadow. Useful websites

· www.swindonbus.co.uk · www.stagecoachbus.com · www.swindontravelchoices.co.uk/plan-a-journey

Useful bus apps

· Clickit2ride (Swindon’s Bus Company tickets) · Stagecoach Bus App (Plan journeys, buy tickets) · Bus checker (Find bus stops and track buses)

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House Park A s r e Park & Ride ip Broome B Common Croft P Manor D C Head 12 Great 13 80 Croft Campus calls: Western 80 Hospital To Chiseldon and Marlborough Taxi Car sharing

Taxis can form an important part of sustainable journeys. Car Sharing is when two or more people travel together in the same car. Many of us already car share informally, but if you regularly make long trips in the car alone (to work, for Many taxis are hybrids or ‘green’ vehicles, which help to reduce the impact of car example) it may make more sense to get another person (or two or three) in your car journeys on the environment. Utilising taxis could save you money and help to reduce and help share your petrol costs. your carbon footprint. There are many benefits to car sharing; There are a number of private hire taxi operators local to the area, through which taxis can be pre-booked. 4 Opportunity to socialise

4 Reduced fuel costs Taxi companies in Swindon 4 Less wear and tear on your car 4 Useful for people with mobility difficulties (door to door travel) Company Telephone App Available 4 Time to relax without driving stress 4 Provides a solution for travelling to and from areas not served by bus A1 Swindon Taxis 01793 251251 4 Reduces the number of cars on the roads, resulting in less congestion, less pollution and fewer parking problems Cross Street Cars 01793 232323 4

V-Cars 01793 701701 4 Car Share Swindon 4 SN1 Cars 01793 523523 Over 2500 people who live or work in Swindon have registered with www.carshareswindon.com. This is an online database that matches people together based on the routes and times that Connect Cabs 01793 238444 people travel. It’s free and easy to register and chances are, you’ll find someone gong your Safe Taxis Swindon 01793 979277 way. Even if you only share once a week, you’re helping to save money.

14 15 Electric vehicles Shopping

With a rapidly expanding network of public charging points available across the region, there has never been a better time to make the switch to electric vehicles. There are With online shopping you can do your shop from the comfort of your own home and have discounts available to buy all types of electric and plug-in hybrid cars, vans and it delivered at a time to suit you from as little as a £1 delivery charge. Or you can collect from motorcycles, ranging from £1,500 to £8,000. the store when you’re out and about anyway, so no need for a specific shopping trip.

To check out your nearest public charging points and the wider network, plus help The supermarket websites now allow you to save favourites, so putting your weekly shop with selecting the right car and calculating your cost savings, visit: into the virtual basket is just a few clicks! www.swindontravelchoices.co.uk/electric-vehicles/ Benefits

4 Save time, someone else is picking your items from the shelves

4 Reduce stress, no trolley wars with other shoppers

4 The groceries are dropped at your door

Useful websites

· Sainsburys www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries · Morrisons https://groceries.morrisons.com/ · Tesco www.tesco.com/groceries/ · Asda https://groceries.asda.com/ · Waitrose www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/browse/groceries · Ocado www.ocado.com/webshop/startWebshop.do

16 17 Haydon Centre Robin’s Farm, Latham Road Local contacts www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/ www.farmhouseinns.co.uk/pubs/ swindon/haydon-centre wiltshire/robins-farm Government Schools 01793 721526 01793 726424

Harvester, Latham Road Blunsdon Parish Council St Leonard’s CE Primary Academy, Blunsdon Dining and Drinking www.harvester.co.uk/restaurants/ www.blunsdonparishcouncil.co.uk https://stleonardsblunsdon.org.uk southwest/harvesterswindonwiltshire 01793 705617 01793 721423 Heart in Hand, Blunsdon 01793 702631 www.heartinhandpub.com

Swindon Borough Council 01793 721314 Places of Worship The Jovial Monk, St Andrew’s Ridge www.swindon.gov.uk www.thejovialmonk.co.uk Housing Benefit and Blunsdon House Hotel Saint Leonards Church, Blunsdon 01793 727180 Council Tax Support – 0345 3022316 www.blunsdonhouse.co.uk 01793 762702 All other enquiries – 01793 445500 01793 721701

Blunsdon Methodist Church MP for North Swindon Cold Harbour, Blunsdon 01793 750095 www.justintomlinson.com/contact www.chefandbrewer.com/pubs/

wiltshire/cold-harbour Health 01793 724840 Shopping

Blunsdon Surgery Blunsdon Village Shop www.westropmedicalpractice.nhs.uk www.blunsdonvillageshop.co.uk 01793 721254 01793 700915

Great Western Hospital Co-op, Blunsdon St Andrew www.gwh.nhs.uk 01793 723928 01793 604020

The Orbital Shopping Park www.orbitalshoppingpark.com Gyms 01793 726636 Blunsdon Fitness Aldi, Latham Road www.blunsdonfitness.co.uk www.aldi.co.uk/store/s-uk-E0791 01793 720640

Asda Walmart, Thamesdown Drive David Lloyd, Latham Road https://storelocator.asda.com/store/ https://www.davidlloyd.co.uk/clubs/swindon swindon-haydon-supercentre 0345 129 6771 01793 707770 DW Sports and Fitness, Morrisons, Haydon Wick Orbital Shopping Park https://my.morrisons.com/storefinder/363 www.dwfitnessfirst.com/find-a-gym/swindon 01793 726705 01793 704044

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